DEAN Shiels’ agent is seeking talks with Rangers boss Ally McCoist to discover whether his client has a future at Ibrox.

The 28-year-old has played just 15 minutes of first-team football in the last two months – despite being fit for all of that time.

The Northern Ireland forward suffered medial-ligament damage against Annan in March and came back too early in August, managing only three games before suffering a relapse with his knee.

But agent Sam Morrow insists Shiels has been raring to go since November and is baffled as to why McCoist hasn’t picked him more.

After last month’s 4-0 win over Dunfermline, the Ibrox boss shot down rumours that Shiels had been told to find another club.

Now Morrow wants to speak to McCoist in person after revealing Shiels is desperate to stay with the team he loves.

He said: “Dean has been fit for two months now. He has been working hard and doing extra training – he’s champing at the bit to play again.

“We’re in the dark as to why he hasn’t featured more often. I left a message for Ally last week but he hasn’t got back to me yet.

“I appreciate this has been a hectic schedule for the club and I’m not trying to tell him how to do his job. I’m just looking to have a chat so we can help Dean to stay focused.

“You can become disillusioned when you’re not playing. It can be difficult doing all the hard graft during the week and then having nothing to show for it on a Saturday.

“In Dean’s case, there is added frustration because he wasn’t left out due to a loss of form but because of injury and it has been a long time since he was playing regularly.”

Shiels signed a four-year deal at Ibrox after leaving Kilmarnock in 2012 and has no intention of moving.

But Morrow admits his client’s international career will suffer if he continues to be left on the sidelines by McCoist this season.

He said: “All Dean wants to do is play for Glasgow Rangers, the club that he loves.

“I’m sure Ally will get in touch with me whenever he gets a minute but we’re just looking for a little reassurance from him.

“There were rumours the other week that Dean had been told he could leave if he could find another club but that’s absolute rubbish. I saw Ally has confirmed that too.

“His position is different from fringe players who haven’t been getting a game for other reasons. I’m sure that it’s just a matter of time before Dean is playing for Rangers again.

“He’s a talented boy and it’s just over a year-and-a-half since PFA Scotland shortlisted him as one of the four best players in the top flight.

“Dean wants to show the fans what he is capable of and there is also his situation with Northern Ireland to be taken into consideration.

“He was a regular starter under Michael O’Neill when he was fit but he needs to be playing for Rangers to be considered.”

Meanwhile, Kenny Miller could see his hopes of a third spell with Rangers dashed because of a transfer stand-off with his Vancouver strike partner.

The 33-year-old has admitted he would love to return to Ibrox but Miller is unlikely to be allowed to move in this month’s window.

The former Scotland star will be needed at his MLS club after Brazilian striker Camilo Sanvezzo was at the centre of a transfer mystery.

The 25-year-old – who is believed to be unhappy he earns just a quarter of Miller’s wages – has been pictured undergoing a medical at Mexican side Queretaro FC, despite Vancouver claiming he’s still under contract for another year.

Whitecaps are desperately trying to get the ‘transfer’ declared void after president Bob Lenarduzzi said: “It’s unacceptable and inappropriate.”